When writing and submitting an academic paper, your title page is your first impression. A correctly done APA format title page helps establish the aptitude of the student or the writer, and gives the reader and reviewer (either your editor or your professor) a clear representation of the rest of your paper.

An APA format title pagehas five essential elements: the article title, the author’s name, the author’s school affiliation, the running head and the page number.

In writing the actual title, it is important to be specific and on-point. Remember that your title summarizes your entire work. A helpful way to structure your title is to “look at your hypothesis and experimental variables.” For example: “The Effects of (Independent Variable)